Outstanding Performer Karolin Anders and sprinter Jamie
Ashcroft each won two events and return to defend.
GNAC 2014-15 ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
MEN
Anders swept the pentathlon (meet-record 3,640 points)
and triple jump (36-10 ½), while Ashcroft won both the 60
(7.69) and 200 (GNAC-record 24.89).
Week of Dec. 8-13: Track – David Durden, Saint Martin’s
(So., Olympia, WA – Tumwater) finished third in the 60
hurdles at Nampa with a school-record time of 8.35. That
time ranks sixth in GNAC history. Field – Payton Lewis,
Northwest Nazarene (Fr., Nampa, ID – Nampa Christian)
and Mikel Smith, Saint Martin’s (Jr., Muskogee, OK).
Also back to defend are Northwest Nazarene’s Alison Silva
in the pole vault (GNAC-record 12-10), Caitlin Curtis in the
weight throw (50-10) and Vessie Umu in the shot (43-10
¾) and Central Washington’s Tayler Fettig (GNAC-record
tying 5-9 ¾).
WOMEN
2014-15 SEASON SUMMARIES
Week of Dec. 8-13: Track – Chelsey Knott, Northwest
Nazarene (Fr., Parma, ID) finished second in both the 60
hurdles (8.93) and 200 meters (26.41) in the Jacksons
Open. Her time in the hurdles is the eighth fastest in
GNAC history and was just .09 seconds off the Crusader
school record. Field – Becki Duhamel, Central Washington
(Sr., Wenatchee, WA) finished fourth in the shot put (43-4
1/3) and fourth in the weight throw in a provisional
national qualifying mark of 53-7 ½.
Black Hill State Winter Classic (Dec. 5-6 at Spearfish, SD): Men
(Top 3): 60 – 3. Cameron Stanek, MSUB, 7.19. 200 – 2. Cameron
Stanek, MSUB, 23.17; 3. Sam Zook, MSUB, 23.23. Mile – 3. Jorey
Egeland, MSUB, 4:40.0 1. Pole Vault – 3. Preston Schubert, MSUB,
4.05 – 13-3 ½. Women (Top 3): 60 – 2. Brianna Gray, MSUB, 8.03.
Mile – 2. Brielle Davis, MSUB, 5:41.86. 4x400 – 2. MSU Billings
(Gray, Davis, Kaitlin Halle, Ashlynn VanVoast) 4:29.05.
Jackson’s Open (Dec. 13 Nampa): Men (Top 3): Mile – 1. Frank
Krause, SMU, 4:27.00; 2. Mitchell Hughey, SMU, 4:39.51. 60
Hurdles – 3. David Durden, SMU, 8.35. 4x400 Relay – 3. Saint
Martin’s 3:26.53. High Jump – 3. Mikel Smith, SMU, 2.06 – 6-9.
Pole Vault – 1. Payton Lewis, NNU, 5.11 – 16-9 ¼; 3. Matt DeHan,
SMU, 4.45 – 14-7 ¼. Long Jump – 1. Jaysen Yoro, SMU, 6.81 – 224 ¼; 2. Luke Plummer, CWU, 6.77 – 22-2 ½; 3. Mikel Smith, SMU,
6.76 – 22-2 ¼. Triple Jump – 1. Luke Plummer, CWU, 14.41 – 47-3
½. Shot Put – 1. Kevin Stanley, CWU, 14.71 – 48-3 ¼. Weight
Throw – 3. Kevin Stanley, CWU, 15.93 – 52-3 ¼. Women (Top 3):
Mile – Hailey Gordon, NNU, 5:35.54; 2. Megan Teigen, SMU,
5:40.68. 60 Hurdles – 2. Chelsey Knott, NNU, 8.93. 4x400 Relay –
2. Northwest Nazarene 4:08.93. High Jump – 2. Courtney Brewer,
NNU, 1.57 – 5-1 ¾.
GNAC MISCELLANY
GNAC Championships: The 12th annual GNAC
Championship Indoor Track and Field meet will be held
Feb. 20-21 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho.
Three weeks later (March 13-14) the NCAA National
Indoor will be contested at Birmingham, Ala.
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Black Hills State Yellowjacket Indoor (Jan. 10 at Spearfish, SD):
Men (Top 3): 60 - 2. Sam Zook, MSUB, 7.25. 200 - 1. Sam Zook,
MSUB, 22.66. 800 - 3. Liam McKay, MSUB, 2:02.92. 3000 - 2.
Robert Peterson, MSUB, 8:28.68; 3. Garrett Love, MSUB, 9:21.28.
60 Hurdles - 3. Austin Lindquist, MSUB, 8.97. 4x400 Relay - 2.
MSU Billings (Jorey Egeland, Liam McKay, Mark Hovland,
Peterson) 3:44.13. High Jump - 2. Donald Hamm, MSUB, 1.82 - 511 1/2. Long Jump - 2. Donald Hamm, MSUB, 6.02 - 19-9; 3.
Austin Lindquist, MSUB, 5.90 - 19-4 1/4. Women (Top 3): Mile - 3.
Brielle Davis, MSUB, 5:36.34. 3000 - 1. Nocona Frame, MSUB,
10:52.45. 4x400 - 1. MSU Billings (Nocona Frame, Rio Frame,
Taylor Condon, Davis) 4:28.12.
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